Monkey Mind

Episode 038: Dirty Data

Grace and David talk about fudging data, data illiteracy, misaligned incentives, and all the ways in which data is used and misused in science. Note: this will be our last episode. Goodhart's law [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart's_law] My personal favorite Dilbert strips on Software Quality [https://medium.com/@nairgirish100/my-personal-favorite-dilbert-strips-on-software-quality-be90b46e2f04] Elisabeth Bik [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Bik] Homo economicus [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_economicus] Fabricated data in research about honesty. You can't make this stuff up. Or, can you? : Planet Money [https://www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1190568472/dan-ariely-francesca-gino-harvard-dishonesty-fabricated-data] Data Colada [https://datacolada.org/] [110] Data Falsificada (Part 2): "My Class Year Is Harvard" - Data Colada [https://datacolada.org/110] Max Bazerman's 2021 response to fraud evidence [http://datacolada.org/storage_strong/fraud.resonse.max_.8.13.21.pdf] Complicit [https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691236544/complicit] eLife [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELife] eLife Reviewed Preprints [https://elife-rp.msubmit.net/cgi-bin/main.plex?form_type=display_rev_instructions#process] Bad Pharma [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Pharma] Significant [https://xkcd.com/882/] The Fall of a Superstar Psychologist [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tSG8h_O3A]

Episode 037: An Episode about Wild Things

Brutal heat wave makes Texas among the hottest places on Earth [https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/brutal-heat-wave-makes-texas-hottest-places-earth-rcna91584] South Pacific Gyre [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pacific_Gyre] El Niño [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Ni%C3%B1o] Pole of inaccessibility [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pole_of_inaccessibility#Oceanic_pole_of_inaccessibility] Convex hull [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convex_hull] 8. “Olas y Arenas” — The Beaches Belong to the People | La Brega | WNYC Studios [https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/la-brega/articles/olas-y-arenas-beaches-belong-people] Nintendo: The Console Wars | Acquired Podcast [https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/nintendo-the-console-wars] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Blindfolded by Bubzia - Summer Games Done Quick 2023 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9wJO9D7668] Nintendo 64 controller [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64_controller] PointCrow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PointCrow] I beat a Lynel with a single stick in Breath of the Wild [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzeiGEmU45I]

Episode 036: This Episode Is Two Months Late

Pokémon Crystal Version - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Crystal_Version] Move Deleter - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Move_Deleter] National Pokédex - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/National_Pok%C3%A9dex] Vinyl overtakes CD sales for the first time since 1987 [https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/10/23633605/vinyl-records-surpasses-cd-music-sales-us-riaa] Cabinet of curiosities [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_curiosities] John Soane's Museum [https://www.soane.org/] Museo Nacional del Prado [https://www.museodelprado.es/] The National Gallery, London [https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/] Tropenmuseum: A museum about world cultures [https://www.tropenmuseum.nl/en] Pergamon Museum [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pergamon_Museum] Nefertiti Bust [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nefertiti_Bust]

Episode 035: Pokémon and Singaporean cultural history

Grace and David do surprise trades in Pokémon Violet, and somehow end up talking about cultural institutions in Singapore. Surprise Trade [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Surprise_Trade] Pokémon breeding [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_breeding] Bottle Cap [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bottle_Cap] Mint [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mint] Pokémon competitive play - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_competitive_play] Lazada - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazada] The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Charlie_Chan_Hock_Chye] Sandcastle (film) - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandcastle_(film)] Renaissance City Reports (2000, 2004, 2008) [https://www.nac.gov.sg/resources/arts-masterplans/renaissance-city-reports-(2000-2004-2008)] Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esplanade_%E2%80%93_Theatres_on_the_Bay] Elbphilharmonie - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbphilharmonie]

Episode 034: ChatGPT and Natural History

We discuss ChatGPT, professional subreddits, natural history in Singapore, and more ChatGPT. ChatGPT is MBB or bust [https://www.reddit.com/r/consulting/comments/104ryr5/chatgpt_is_mbb_or_bust/] r/KitchenConfidential [https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/] John Searle - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Searle] r/AskHistorians - Comment by u/jbdyer on "What was Soviet pet culture like? Were dogs and cats considered capitalist fripperaries, or were they comrades? Did the planned economy make any attempt at meeting this market?" [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zxs4d1/comment/j22xvfo/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3] Let's have a natural history museum for Singapore [https://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.com/2009/06/lets-have-natural-history-museum-for.html] Titan of Singapore science education retires after 50 years [https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/titan-of-singapore-science-education-retires-after-50-years] Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum seeking funds for sperm whale exhibit [https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/lee-kong-chian-natural-history-museum-seeking-funds-for-sperm-whale-exhibit] Marcus Hutchins :verified: (@malwaretech@infosec.exchange) [https://infosec.exchange/@malwaretech/109650622540622626]